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Two proposed London apartment complexes get green light at planning committee

Council's planning committee gave conditional approval to planned twin towers at 545 Fanshawe Park Rd. W., seen here in an artist's rendering, but asked for tweaks before giving final approval of the site plan.

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Two apartment complexes planned for the north edge of London both got the green light.

A three-building complex at Adelaide St. and Sunningdale Rd. proposed by Drewco Development Corp. will have 314 units. One building is seven storeys facing Adelaide St. while two others on the south side of Sunningdale will be four storeys.

Opposition from homeowners to the south prompted the developer to reduce the height of the latter two to four storeys from six. A recreation centre also has been included and the developer says it will be accessible to area residents.

Drew Smith, of nearby Blackwater Rd., said he’s “frustrated” Drewco didn’t reduce the number of units in its project and simply reduced the height of two buildings while increasing the size of the third.

Residents were pleased, he said, that road accesses were changed to lessen the impact on local streets with improved entrances to the buildings from Adelaide.

Drewco also agreed to modify lighting and increase landscape buffers to reduce the impact on adjacent homeowners.

York Developments sought approval for a $58-million complex of two condo towers of 13 and 14 storeys on Fanshawe Park Rd., just east of Wonderland, in a public participation meeting.

The upscale development immediately west of the Amica seniors residence and on the property of a former retreat, would contain 135 units.

Planning committee approved the project conditionally on it being tweaked and coming back for another public meeting before final approval of the site plan.